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U. S. Spacesuits

Spacesuits are far more than garments. They are a personalized spacecraft that allows direct contact and interaction with everything beyond our world, and a last refuge for survival in a disaster. Creating safe, reliable, and comfortable spacesuits is an ongoing challenge that has spanned over four...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Thomas, Kenneth S. (Autor), McMann, Harold J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:2nd ed. 2012.
Colección:Space Exploration,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Editorial notes -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Reaching upward and outward -- Chapter 3: The basics of spacesuits -- Chapter 4: Launch/entry spacesuits: Past, present, and possibly future -- Chapter 5: Gemini: The first approaches to exploring and working in space -- Chapter 6: Apollo: Mankind starts the exploration of the Moon -- Chapter 7: Advanced development for canceled Apollo missions -- Chapter 8: U.S. Air Force spacesuits -- Chapter 9: Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project suit systems (1969-1975) -- Chapter 10: The Space Shuttle program: Orbital EVA comes of age -- Chapter 11: The quest for future extravehicular activity and planetary exploration -- Chapter 12: Epilogue -- Appendix A: U.S. spaceflight suit system overview -- Appendix B: U.S. EVA information -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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